2011 Map of Hopkins SW

About this map

The agricultural landscape along the Missouri-Iowa border is defined by a systematic grid of section roads and the winding paths of several local waterways. This rural terrain is drained by Clear Creek and its tributary South Fork Clear Creek, alongside Buchanan Creek to the north and Wolf Creek to the west. The map provides significant genealogical value through its density of family and community burial grounds, including the Hazel Dell Cemetery, Siam Cemetery, and Morehouse Cemetery. This distribution of landmarks like the Shearer Cemetery, Burch Cemetery, and Johnson Cemetery suggests a history of decentralized farmstead settlements. Small water features such as Blackford Lake dot the countryside, which is otherwise heavily divided into township squares by routes like Co Hwy J55 and numerous lettered avenues.